I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
If you begin to think you are solely responsible for keeping your loved one alive and safe, you will eventually find yourself… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities.… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on the whole role of… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Further discomfort from these new realities afflicts men who expected to reach a certain level by dint of their white maleness but who now… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Ignorant of our own and our mate’s inner life, we are ruled largely by external forces at this stage.” — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“The other real forces urging young people into marriages generally sift down to one of the following: the need for safety, the need to… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
